Schwermut

[ˈʃveːɐ̯ˌmuːt]

/[ˈʃveːɐ̯ˌmuːt]/ noun

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The verdict

“Schwermut” is uncommon German (frequency #64,689 among 8,027 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#64,689
frequency rank, German
8,027
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - depressive Stimmung

Corpus desk

Index DE-schwermut · Schwermut · German

Schwermut · rank #64,689 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #64,689
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,027
  • PHOTO-FINISH schwenkte

Nearest frequency peer: schwenkte (-1 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „Schwermut“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Schwermut“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Schwermut
PropertyValue
HeadwordSchwermut
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈʃveːɐ̯ˌmuːt]
Letters9
Frequency rank#64,689
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Schwermut“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).Schwermutfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „schwenkte“ (#64,688), „schwierigeren“ (#64,690), „Schurz“ (#64,687). Unter 8,027 „S“-Lemmata liegt „Schwermut“ bei #64,689. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Schwermut is uncommon German at frequency #64,689 among 8,027 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈʃveːɐ̯ˌmuːt]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "depressive Stimmung".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Schwermut, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is Schwermut, spelled S-C-H-W-E-R-M-U-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    depressive Stimmung

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how Schwermut appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Sie hat gerade Schwermut.
  2. „Der Weltschmerz ist verwandt mit der Schwermut, auch Melancholie genannt.“

Synonyms

DepressionMelancholieSchwermütigkeit

This word in other languages

melancholy(English)mélancolie(Français)

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Schwermut"?
"Schwermut" is spelled S-C-H-W-E-R-M-U-T. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈʃveːɐ̯ˌmuːt].
What does "Schwermut" mean?
As a noun, "Schwermut" means: depressive Stimmung
How do you pronounce "Schwermut"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Schwermut" is [ˈʃveːɐ̯ˌmuːt]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Schwermut" come from?
"Schwermut" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Schwermut", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

schwenkte#64,688separater#64,704sanierten#64,668Salzburgs#64,667

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list